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Old 07-11-2008, 12:09 PM
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Re: ID for this tree please.

Hi LynM

It looks very much like a Swamp Cypress to me ,Taxodium distichum, don't worry, the colours are entirely natural as it is a deciduous conifer.

All the leaves will eventually fall off, the last ones are always at the end of the shoots, that's why they stay green the longest.

One thing does puzzle me and that's the form of the tree, it's usually conical, I think your specimen might have had its top broken out at some time in the past.
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